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For Immediate Release:
May 25, 2022
With cases and outbreaks remaining high and many opportunities over the Memorial Day Holiday to gather, staff, students, and their families are encouraged to layer in safety measures to prevent spreading COVID at schools when they return.
The number of cases among students and staff has more than doubled in one month. For the week ending May 15, there were a total of 5,918 positive cases at schools across the county, of which 4,723 were among students and 1,195 among staff. A month prior, for the week ending April 17, there were 2,742 positive cases, of which 2,159 were among students and 583 among staff.
School-associated outbreaks, where there is documented transmission among students and staff, remain high. For the week ending May 21, there were 16 outbreaks. Large outbreaks at a small number of schools have been associated with proms, school events and performances, and field trips, with cases per outbreak ranging from 25-80 among students and staff.
While transmission in the community remains high, it is important to layer in additional protective measures, especially when gathering for end-of-school year events, to keep school communities as safe as possible. Public Health urges everyone to wear a well-fitting mask when indoors, especially at any indoor school or sporting events. Those attending large celebratory school events should test before attending, and if positive for COVID, remain home away from others.
With vaccinations providing the best protection against illness and hospitalizations, parents are urged to make sure that they and their children are up-to-date on their vaccinations and boosters. This week, there are 221 school vaccine clinics scheduled. These sites offer pediatric doses and boosters for children ages five to eleven, along with vaccines and boosters for older children and adults. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved a single booster dose for children ages five through 11 years of age, at least five months after completing a primary series.
For information, go to VaccinateLACounty.com or VacunateLosAngeles.com (Spanish) and go to the How to Get Vaccinated webpage, or call the COVID-19 information line at (833) 540-0473 between the hours of 8 AM and 8:30 PM seven days a week.
Additionally, with Memorial Day and the start of the summer travel season just around the corner, there are a few simple things that reduce the chance of getting or spreading COVID-19 while traveling. If you’re traveling domestically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends that you get a COVID-19 test as close to the time of your departure as possible, regardless of your vaccination status. The test should be taken no more than three days before your departure.
The CDC also recommends that you test after travel if your trip involved situations with greater risk of exposure such as being in crowded places or events while not wearing a well-fitting mask or respirator. Since most travel involves spending time in transit hubs, testing after travel is recommended for everyone by Public Health. Please remember that, while in LA County, everyone is required to be masked on public transit and indoor public transit corridors including airport terminals and train and subway stations.
Students and staff who traveled or gathered with many other people during the holiday break are encouraged to test themselves before heading back to school next Tuesday. Many schools are distributing test kits to students this week to make it easier for students and staff to test.
“I send my deepest sympathies and wishes of peace and comfort to the many families who have lost a loved one from COVID-19,” said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. “While we recognize that many children who test positive experience mild illness, national trends are showing increases in cases and hospitalization rates for children and more concerns about long term impacts of even mild infection in children. We encourage parents, students, teachers, and staff, during this time of high transmission with the most infectious strains seen to date, to wear a mask when indoors and get vaccinated and boosted when eligible. For those who are asymptomatic and returning to school after an exposure to a known case, masking is required through Day 10 from the date of your last exposure, along with testing between days three and five. If we can all do our best to protect each other, and those who are more vulnerable to severe illness or death, we can safely celebrate the end of the school year and enjoy the beginning of summer.”
Today, Public Health reported six additional deaths and 4,202 new positive cases. Of the six new deaths reported today, one was between the ages of 65-79 and four were aged 80 years or older. Of the six newly reported deaths, one had an underlying health condition. Information on the one death reported by the City of Long Beach can be found at longbeach.gov. To date, the total number of deaths in L.A. County is 32,101.
Public Health has reported a total of 2,949,830 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County. Today’s positivity rate is 3.8%.
There are 410 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized. Testing results are available for more than 11,983,725 individuals, with 22% of people testing positive.
A wide range of data and dashboards on COVID-19 from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are available on the Public Health website at http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov including:
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Total Cases | ||
Laboratory Confirmed Cases | 2,949,830 | |
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas) | 2,791,442 | |
-- Long Beach | 128,549 | |
-- Pasadena | 29,839 | |
Deaths | 32,101 | |
-- Los Angeles County (excl. LB and Pas) | 30,412 | |
-- Long Beach | 1,275 | |
-- Pasadena | 414 | |
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas) | ||
- 0 to 4 | 85719 | |
- 5 to 11 | 247980 | |
- 12 to 17 | 242621 | |
- 18 to 29 | 621488 | |
- 30 to 49 | 891451 | |
- 50 to 64 | 461419 | |
- 65 to 79 | 180293 | |
- over 80 | 58398 | |
- Under Investigation | 2073 | |
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas) | ||
- Female | 1421938 | |
- Male | 1291580 | |
- Other | 1245 | |
- Under Investigation | 76679 | |
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas) | ||
- American Indian/Alaska Native | 5131 | |
- Asian | 178951 | |
- Black | 140459 | |
- Hispanic/Latino | 1256121 | |
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 14145 | |
- White | 369034 | |
- Other | 309627 | |
- Under Investigation | 517974 | |
Hospitalization (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas) | ||
- Hospitalized (Ever)*** | 138,766 | |
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas) | ||
- American Indian/Alaska Native | 73 | |
- Asian | 3800 | |
- Black | 2817 | |
- Hispanic/Latino | 15620 | |
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 112 | |
- White | 7592 | |
- Other | 309 | |
- Under Investigation | 89 | |
CITY / COMMUNITY** | Cases | Case Rate |
City of Agoura Hills | 4486 | 21482 |
City of Alhambra | 17937 | 20683 |
City of Arcadia | 8715 | 15090 |
City of Artesia | 4325 | 25752 |
City of Avalon | 64 | 1654 |
City of Azusa | 14030 | 28038 |
City of Baldwin Park | 23351 | 30417 |
City of Bell | 14137 | 38911 |
City of Bell Gardens | 14326 | 33261 |
City of Bellflower | 23852 | 30684 |
City of Beverly Hills | 8936 | 25886 |
City of Bradbury | 67 | 6268 |
City of Burbank | 23818 | 22222 |
City of Calabasas | 4309 | 17716 |
City of Carson | 26560 | 28302 |
City of Cerritos | 8965 | 17906 |
City of Claremont | 7433 | 20373 |
City of Commerce* | 4606 | 35244 |
City of Compton | 33546 | 33578 |
City of Covina | 15060 | 30715 |
City of Cudahy | 10178 | 41804 |
City of Culver City | 8106 | 20334 |
City of Diamond Bar | 9670 | 16813 |
City of Downey | 36798 | 32205 |
City of Duarte | 5369 | 24387 |
City of El Monte | 33660 | 28703 |
City of El Segundo | 3049 | 18164 |
City of Gardena | 16844 | 27473 |
City of Glendale | 46187 | 22367 |
City of Glendora | 12175 | 23074 |
City of Hawaiian Gardens | 4238 | 28877 |
City of Hawthorne | 23280 | 26220 |
City of Hermosa Beach | 3609 | 18348 |
City of Hidden Hills | 286 | 15132 |
City of Huntington Park | 22391 | 37642 |
City of Industry | 411 | 94050 |
City of Inglewood | 30215 | 26602 |
City of Irwindale | 541 | 37080 |
City of La Canada Flintridge | 3208 | 15503 |
City of La Habra Heights | 168 | 3080 |
City of La Mirada | 10849 | 21873 |
City of La Puente | 12934 | 31781 |
City of La Verne | 7287 | 21895 |
City of Lakewood | 19786 | 24621 |
City of Lancaster* | 51776 | 32046 |
City of Lawndale | 8366 | 24888 |
City of Lomita | 4506 | 21738 |
City of Lynwood* | 25152 | 34911 |
City of Malibu | 2282 | 17607 |
City of Manhattan Beach | 5499 | 15275 |
City of Maywood | 10720 | 38219 |
City of Monrovia | 8624 | 22227 |
City of Montebello | 19668 | 30552 |
City of Monterey Park | 12213 | 19615 |
City of Norwalk | 33858 | 31460 |
City of Palmdale | 53966 | 33948 |
City of Palos Verdes Estates | 1649 | 12195 |
City of Paramount | 19202 | 34275 |
City of Pico Rivera | 21432 | 33340 |
City of Pomona | 52969 | 33970 |
City of Rancho Palos Verdes | 5320 | 12445 |
City of Redondo Beach | 10998 | 16009 |
City of Rolling Hills | 203 | 10464 |
City of Rolling Hills Estates | 1073 | 13226 |
City of Rosemead | 11209 | 20251 |
City of San Dimas* | 8385 | 24293 |
City of San Fernando | 10671 | 43357 |
City of San Gabriel | 7953 | 19419 |
City of San Marino | 1589 | 11968 |
City of Santa Clarita | 56349 | 25564 |
City of Santa Fe Springs | 6483 | 35303 |
City of Santa Monica | 18991 | 20543 |
City of Sierra Madre | 1646 | 14979 |
City of Signal Hill | 2968 | 25159 |
City of South El Monte | 6667 | 31922 |
City of South Gate | 39017 | 39750 |
City of South Pasadena | 4429 | 17000 |
City of Temple City | 6635 | 18201 |
City of Torrance | 24348 | 16312 |
City of Vernon | 316 | 151196 |
City of Walnut | 5159 | 16897 |
City of West Covina | 30270 | 27967 |
City of West Hollywood | 8659 | 23434 |
City of Westlake Village | 300 | 3589 |
City of Whittier | 24370 | 27873 |
Los Angeles | 1220434 | 30174 |
Los Angeles - Adams-Normandie | 2666 | 32504 |
Los Angeles - Alsace | 3644 | 29281 |
Los Angeles - Angeles National Forest | 6 | 15000 |
Los Angeles - Angelino Heights | 668 | 26699 |
Los Angeles - Arleta | 13913 | 40480 |
Los Angeles - Atwater Village | 3762 | 25651 |
Los Angeles - Baldwin Hills | 7819 | 25121 |
Los Angeles - Bel Air | 1667 | 19777 |
Los Angeles - Beverly Crest | 2565 | 20479 |
Los Angeles - Beverlywood | 3257 | 24725 |
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights* | 33825 | 38931 |
Los Angeles - Brentwood | 6234 | 20139 |
Los Angeles - Brookside | 110 | 18933 |
Los Angeles - Cadillac-Corning | 1910 | 26822 |
Los Angeles - Canoga Park | 20715 | 31728 |
Los Angeles - Carthay | 3164 | 22029 |
Los Angeles - Central | 15044 | 38582 |
Los Angeles - Century City | 2604 | 20356 |
Los Angeles - Century Palms/Cove | 13654 | 40437 |
Los Angeles - Chatsworth | 9841 | 26554 |
Los Angeles - Cheviot Hills | 1859 | 20270 |
Los Angeles - Chinatown | 2084 | 25982 |
Los Angeles - Cloverdale/Cochran | 4199 | 28853 |
Los Angeles - Country Club Park | 3787 | 24992 |
Los Angeles - Crenshaw District | 4134 | 29894 |
Los Angeles - Crestview | 3026 | 26619 |
Los Angeles - Del Rey | 6404 | 21392 |
Los Angeles - Downtown* | 12531 | 45556 |
Los Angeles - Eagle Rock | 9934 | 25093 |
Los Angeles - East Hollywood | 7604 | 25964 |
Los Angeles - Echo Park | 3560 | 24972 |
Los Angeles - El Sereno | 13671 | 32699 |
Los Angeles - Elysian Park | 1440 | 25210 |
Los Angeles - Elysian Valley | 2846 | 27982 |
Los Angeles - Encino | 11129 | 24637 |
Los Angeles - Exposition | 1012 | 30427 |
Los Angeles - Exposition Park | 14918 | 33212 |
Los Angeles - Faircrest Heights | 941 | 26139 |
Los Angeles - Figueroa Park Square | 3093 | 35466 |
Los Angeles - Florence-Firestone | 19732 | 41589 |
Los Angeles - Glassell Park | 8421 | 26645 |
Los Angeles - Gramercy Place | 3269 | 30370 |
Los Angeles - Granada Hills | 16737 | 28762 |
Los Angeles - Green Meadows | 8648 | 40214 |
Los Angeles - Hancock Park | 3640 | 21363 |
Los Angeles - Harbor City | 7301 | 25115 |
Los Angeles - Harbor Gateway | 12508 | 28688 |
Los Angeles - Harbor Pines | 472 | 19593 |
Los Angeles - Harvard Heights | 5277 | 29260 |
Los Angeles - Harvard Park | 15236 | 40163 |
Los Angeles - Highland Park | 13535 | 27970 |
Los Angeles - Historic Filipinotown | 4412 | 31810 |
Los Angeles - Hollywood | 16930 | 24804 |
Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills | 5761 | 19573 |
Los Angeles - Hyde Park | 9473 | 33191 |
Los Angeles - Jefferson Park | 2592 | 32107 |
Los Angeles - Koreatown | 13379 | 25882 |
Los Angeles - Lafayette Square | 1291 | 28318 |
Los Angeles - Lake Balboa | 12724 | 30147 |
Los Angeles - Lakeview Terrace | 4720 | 35940 |
Los Angeles - Leimert Park | 4449 | 29202 |
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights | 10389 | 31871 |
Los Angeles - Little Armenia | 2505 | 31215 |
Los Angeles - Little Bangladesh | 7081 | 24983 |
Los Angeles - Little Tokyo | 1135 | 36227 |
Los Angeles - Longwood | 1384 | 32156 |
Los Angeles - Los Feliz | 4229 | 19571 |
Los Angeles - Manchester Square | 2478 | 29030 |
Los Angeles - Mandeville Canyon | 583 | 18662 |
Los Angeles - Mar Vista | 7949 | 18716 |
Los Angeles - Marina Peninsula | 740 | 16972 |
Los Angeles - Melrose | 21055 | 27099 |
Los Angeles - Mid-city | 3632 | 24165 |
Los Angeles - Miracle Mile | 3736 | 20773 |
Los Angeles - Mission Hills | 9686 | 40151 |
Los Angeles - Mt. Washington | 6616 | 27401 |
Los Angeles - North Hills | 20543 | 33363 |
Los Angeles - North Hollywood | 47748 | 31533 |
Los Angeles - Northridge | 19991 | 28642 |
Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades | 3761 | 17665 |
Los Angeles - Pacoima | 32629 | 42387 |
Los Angeles - Palisades Highlands | 710 | 18461 |
Los Angeles - Palms | 8699 | 19826 |
Los Angeles - Panorama City | 27652 | 36747 |
Los Angeles - Park La Brea | 2413 | 17769 |
Los Angeles - Pico-Union | 14113 | 33729 |
Los Angeles - Playa Del Rey | 446 | 13955 |
Los Angeles - Playa Vista | 2522 | 23038 |
Los Angeles - Porter Ranch | 7762 | 21811 |
Los Angeles - Rancho Park | 1604 | 24451 |
Los Angeles - Regent Square | 678 | 24388 |
Los Angeles - Reseda | 25405 | 33158 |
Los Angeles - Reseda Ranch | 1455 | 31385 |